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Oreumenes

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Oreumenes
Oreumenes decoratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Hymenoptera
Family: Vespidae
Subfamily: Eumeninae
Genus: Oreumenes
Bequaert, 1926[1]
Type species
Oreumenes decoratus
(Smith, 1852)[1]
Species

Oreumenes is a monotypic genus of large Eumenes-like potter wasps. It occurs in China, Taiwan, Korea and Japan.

A male, top, captured a female for copulation.
A female captured a caterpillar.

References

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  1. ^ a b James Michael Carpenter (1986). "A Synonymic Generic Checklist of the Eumeninae (Hymenoptera: Vespidae)". Psyche: A Journal of Entomology. 93 (1–2): 61–90. doi:10.1155/1986/12489.
  • Yamane, S. 1990. A revision of the Japanese Eumenidae (Hymenoptera, Vespoidea). Insecta Matsumurana (n.s.) 43 : 1–189. [1]